能化态线粒体内膜脂流动性与能量偶联活性

本文从观察温度的影响出发,探讨了鼠肝线粒体内膜体,在琥珀酸氧化建立跨膜质子电化学梯度（ΔμＨ＾＋）时,膜脂双分子层中ＤＰＨ荧光偏振值（ｒ）的变化与膜能量偶联活性之间的相互关系。结果表明,１５￣３５℃温度内,能化引起ｒ值变化趋势相似,ｒ值变化速率随温度升高而增加,但与温度对ｒ值影响相比只是在较小的范围内变动。另一方面,１５￣３０℃温度内,随温度升高质子回漏速率加快,ＲＣＲ值和ＡＤＰ／Ｏ比值下降,但跨     

Long-chain acyl CoA synthetase,carnitine and β-oxidation in the pea-seed mitochondrion

Mitochondria from pea (Pisum sativum L.) seeds were separated into two fractions, mitoplasts (intact inner membrane) and the outer-membrane fraction. The mitoplasts only oxidised palmitate in the presence of carnitine and added outermembrane fraction. Mitoplasts were able to oxidise palmitoylCoA in the presence of carnitine and added outer-membrane fraction had no effect on this oxidation. It was concluded that a long-chain acylCoA synthetase (EC 6.2.1.3) was located on the outer membrane and that the activity of this enzyme in assays was more than sufficient to account for any observed rate of O₂ uptake during palmitate oxidation by pea mitochondria. The location of carnitine long-chain acyltransferase (carnitine palmitoyl transferase EC 2.3.1.21) would appear to be the mitoplast i.e. the inner mitochondrial membrane, and confirms the previous work at Newcastle.Abbreviation Tris 2-amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol     

Some properties of mitochondria, mitoplasts and submitochondrial particles of different polarities from plant tissues

Irrespective of the starting material, i.e. washed mitochondria, purified mitochondria or mitoplast from Solanum tuberosum L., submitochondrial particles of well-defined polarities can be generated by French press treatment in low-salt medium or by sonication in high-salt medium. The first treatment will result in submitochondrial particles which are more than 80% right-side-out (right-side-out particles), the second in submitochondrial particles that are more than 80% inside-out (inside-out particles). The isoelectric point (pI = 4.0) of the inside-out particles measured by cross-partition is distinctly different from the isoelectric points of the other mitochondrial membranes which exhibit pI values between 4.5 and 4.7. The surface charge density measured by 9-aminoacridine fluorescence varies in the same order from −27 mC · m⁻² for Percoll-purified mitochondria to −51 mC · m⁻² for both right-side-out and inside-out particles. Even though the charge densities for the two surfaces of the inner membrane are similar, inside-out particles are much more negatively charged at pH 7.0, since they are 6-times larger. These results clearly demonstrate that it is possible to obtain submitochondrial particles of various polarities and sizes which in turn constitute valuable tools for the study of lateral and transverse asymmetry of the inner mitochondrial membrane.     

Dielectric analysis of mitochondria isolated from rat liver I. Swollen mitoplasts as simulated by a single-shell model

A re-evaluation of the dielectric studies on isolated mitochondria (Pauly, H., Packer L., and Schwan, H.P. (1960) J. Biophys. Biochem. Cytol. 7, 589–601, and ibid. 7, 603–612) is presented. The suspensions of ‘mitoplasts’ prepared from rat liver mitochondria by a hyposmotic (10 mM KCI) treatment showed a dielectric dispersion with its characteristic frequency lying in the 1–100 MHz range. In the analysis of data special emphasis was put on the choice of the theoretical models to employ after serutiny of their applicability to the suspensions tested. As such we adopted the theory of Hanai et al. (Hanai, T., Asami, K., and Koizumi, N. (1979) Bull. Inst. Chem. Res., Kyoto Univ. 57, 297–305) that was advanced to include concentrated suspensions of shelled spheres. Curve fittings based on that theory resulted in a better agreement with experiment than the fittings based on a conventional theory for dilute suspensions. Major findings from our analyses on the swollen mitoplasts are that: (i) the limiting membrane of the mitoplasts has a specific electrical capacity of 1 μF/cm², (ii) the ratio of permittivity (or dielectric constant) for the mitoplast interior and permittivity for the external medium is 0.6–0.7, and (iii) the conductivity ratio between the interior phase and the medium is approx. 0.6. Reasons for discrepancy between the results of Pauly et al. and ours are discussed.     

The Proteins in Mung Bean Mitochondria

The mung bean mitochondria were obtained by sucrose cushion centrifugation in quite pure form. The outer membrane and the mitoplast were separated by digitonin treatment followed by sucrose density gradient centrifugation. SDS gradient polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that the 42–44 KD protein in mung bean mitochondria was located in mitoplast rather than in the outer membrane. Co-electrophoresis with rabbit muscle actin showed that the rabbit muscle actin coincided with the 44 KD band in plant mitochondria. These results suggest that one of the motive force of the swelling and shrinking of the mitochondria may be generated from the mitochondria themselves.     

Dicarboxylate transport in the inner membrane matrix fraction obtained from rat liver mitochondria

Dicarboxylate transport was studied in the inner membrane matrix fraction (mitoplasts) and compared to that in intact rat-liver mitochondria from which the former was obtained.It is concluded that, kinetics of dicarboxylate exchange measured in mitoplasts, are very similar to those observed with mitochondria. These results would indicate that the preparation technique preserves the integrity of the inner membrane and that neither the outer membrane nor the components of the peripheral space affect these results.     

能化态与线粒体及其内膜体膜表面局部脱水

荧光探针ＤＰＥ（Ｄｉｐａｌｍｉｔｏｙｌ－Ｎ－ＤａｎｓｙｌＰｈｏｓｐｈａｔｉｄｙｌｅｔｈａｎｏｌａｍｉｎｅ）标记于鼠肝线粒体及其内膜体膜表面,以测定其膜表面介电常数（ε）的变化与膜能化态的关系．在含有鱼藤酮的线粒体或其内膜体悬液中,加入琥珀酸,使膜处于能化态,可使膜表面。值分别下降１１％和２０％,分别再加ＫＣＮ,ＣＣＣＰ或Ｎｉｇｅｒｉｃｉｎ均能使ε值回升９％;若在上述悬液中,先加ＫＣＮ或ＣＣＣＰ,然后加入琥珀酸,则膜表面ε值无变化。若在线粒体或其内膜体悬液中,先加入ＣＣＣＰ或Ｎｉｇｅｒｉｃｉｎ,两者可使膜表面ε值升高１２％,其后加入鱼藤酮或琥珀酸等,则ε值均无变化,说明呼吸链抑制剂或解偶联剂抑制或解除膜的能化态,均可使膜表面ε值不发生变化。在另一组实验中,先加ＫＣＮ后,再加ＡＴｈ,使线粒体内膜处于能化态,表面ε值下降８％,此时再加寡霉素,则膜表面ε值相反上升１０％。这些实验事实均证明,线粒体膜处于能化态时,ε值下降,解除给化态,使ε值又上升。为能化态与线粒体膜表面水化力下降的相互关系提供了新信息．也为质子泵引起膜表面质子化,进而引起表面脱水,驱动膜融合的理论模型提供了新的证据。     

Hypoxia increases BK channel activity in the inner mitochondrial membrane

To explore the potential function of the BK channel in the inner mitochondrial membrane under physiological and hypoxic conditions, we used on-mitoplast and whole-mitoplast patches. Single BK channels had a conductance of 276+/-9 pS under symmetrical K(+) solutions, were Ca(2+)- and voltage-dependent and were inhibited by 0.1 microM charybdotoxin. In response to hypoxia, BK increased open probability, shifted its reversal potential (9.3+/-2.4 mV) in the positive direction and did not change its conductance. We conclude that (1) the properties at rest of this mitoplast K(+) channel are similar to those of BK channels in the plasma membrane; (2) hypoxia induces an increase, rather than a decrease (as in the plasmalemma), in the open probability of this K(+) channel, leading to K(+) efflux from the mitochondrial matrix to the outside. We speculate that this increase in K(+) efflux from mitochondria into the cytosol is important during hypoxia in maintaining cytosolic K(+).     

能化时线粒体内膜脂双分子层结构多相动态

本文报道了鼠肝线粒体内膜体,在琥珀酸氧化或ＡＴＰ水解建立跨膜质子电化学梯度时,膜脂双分子层中ＤＰＨ荧光偏振值出现多个时相动态;ｒ值先迅速下降,再缓慢上升,最终达到高于能化前的ｒ值的恒稳态,表明能化时线粒体内膜脂双分子层有序性在经历短暂下降后,逐渐增大,最终达到更大的结构有序性。在相同时程内呼吸链细胞色素类也经历了相应的多相变化,本文讨论了这两者相关的可能机制,并为呼吸链电子传递机制的动态聚集模型提     

K+ transport in mitoplasts

K⁺ transport into mitoplasts, prepared by digitonin disruption and removal of the outer membranes from rat liver mitochondria, has been studied. Unidirectional K⁺ influx has been measured by means of ⁴²K, in the presence of the respiratory substrate succinate. K⁺ influx is inhibited by CN^?, antimycin A and dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, but is insensitive to oligomycin. A linear dependence of the reciprocal of the K⁺-influx rate on the reciprocal of the external K⁺ concentration is observed. Under the conditions studied, the apparent K_m for K⁺ of the transport mechanism is approx. 6 mM, while the V_max of K⁺ influx is approx. 5 μ mol K⁺/g protein per min. The rate of K⁺ influx increases with increasing external pH over the range from 6.8 to 8.0. The observed kinetics, pH dependence and inhibitor sensitivity are essentially similar to previously reported characteristics of K⁺ transport into intact rat liver mitochondria. It is concluded that the outer mitochondrial membrane does not have a role in controlling K⁺ flux into rat liver mitochondria.